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flow-php/flow-php-ext
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Flow PHP native extension (Rust) - Floe frame-body encoder/decoder for DataFrame Rows

0.43.0(3w ago)0133MITRustPHP ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0CI passing

Since Jul 27Pushed 2w agoCompare

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Extension: Flow PHP
===================

[](#extension-flow-php)

A Rust-powered PHP extension using [ext-php-rs](https://github.com/extphprs/ext-php-rs) providing native implementations for performance-critical parts of the Flow DataFrame framework: encoding and decoding of the Floe binary format frames and row hydration/casting against a schema. The extension is optional — the pure-PHP implementations in `flow-php/etl` are the canonical behavior reference, and Flow routes to the native ones automatically when the extension is loaded.

Important

This repository is a subtree split from our monorepo. If you'd like to contribute, please visit our main monorepo [flow-php/flow](https://github.com/flow-php/flow).

- 📜 [Documentation](https://flow-php.com/documentation/components/extensions/flow-php-ext/)
- ➡️ [Installation](https://flow-php.com/documentation/installation/packages/flow-php-ext/)
- 🛠️ [Contributing](https://flow-php.com/documentation/contributing/)
- 🚧 [Upgrading](https://flow-php.com/documentation/upgrading/)

###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~8 days

Total

3

Last Release

17d ago

Major Versions

0.43.0 → 1.x-dev2026-08-13

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/52325810?v=4)[norbert-tech](/maintainers/norbert-tech)[@norbert-tech](https://github.com/norbert-tech)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

serializerbinaryextensionnativerustDataFrame

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